Sarah Bell: Alexa’s Ancestors
Sarah Bell: Alexa’s Ancestors  
Podcast: Clear+Vivid with Alan Alda
Published On: Tue Apr 29 2025
Description: AI generated voices like Alexa and Siri are now so much a part of our everyday experience that disembodied chatbots that talk are edging ever closer to being accepted as real. And not for the first time: attempts to generate artificial human voices date back over two centuries.